DoD Eyes New Recruitment System for Civilian Cyber Employees; Karl Schneider Comments
The Defense Department has launched efforts to establish a personnel system for the recruitment of employees for civilian cyber posts,...
Army’s Cyber Org Receives Service Component Command Designation; Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon Comments
The U.S. Army Cyber Command has been designated by the Department of the Army as an Army service component command. ARCYBER...
VA’s Veterans Choice Program Hits 2M Community Healthcare Appointments; Robert McDonald Comments
Robert McDonald The Department of Veterans Affairs has scheduled more than 2 million community healthcare appointments for retired service personnel...
House Bill Seeks to Establish Agency Working Capital Funds for IT Modernization
House lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill that would authorize federal agencies to create their own working capital funds to...
William Roper: DoD Should Facilitate Prototyping of Tech Platforms
William Roper, director of the Defense Department’s strategic capabilities office, has said DoD should exercise flexibility when it comes to requirements...
DARPA to Hold Cyber Grand Challenge in August; Mike Walker Comments
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold on Aug. 4 the final event of the Cyber Grand Challenge in Las Vegas...
Baldrige Program, NIST to Develop Assessment Tool for Cyber Risk Management Programs
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has teamed up with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create a tool...
Vice Adm. Joseph Rixey: US Govt to Record $40B in FY 2016 Foreign Military Sales Deals
Joseph Rixey U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Rixey, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, has said the U.S. government is...
NASA Scientists Seek to Integrate Carbon Nanotube-Based Mirror With CubeSat Telescope
A group of NASA scientists has developed a carbon nanotube-based mirror for a telescope that can be integrated with miniaturized...
White House Unveils Strategy to Help Agencies Recruit, Retain Cyber Professionals
The White House has introduced a strategy that outlines four initiatives designed to help federal agencies recruit, retain, develop and...